Comments on: I See Hawks in L.A.: Shoulda Been Gold 2001-2009 http://www.hyperbolium.com/2010/01/29/i-see-hawks-in-l-a-shoulda-been-gold-2001-2009/ A Critical Element Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: hyperbolium http://www.hyperbolium.com/2010/01/29/i-see-hawks-in-l-a-shoulda-been-gold-2001-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3974 hyperbolium Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:25:54 +0000 http://www.hyperbolium.com/?p=2546#comment-3974 Indeed you do. We will file this under "reviewer should listen more carefully," and we've updated the review. Thanks for the correction! Indeed you do. We will file this under “reviewer should listen more carefully,” and we’ve updated the review. Thanks for the correction!

]]> By: I See Hawks in L.A. http://www.hyperbolium.com/2010/01/29/i-see-hawks-in-l-a-shoulda-been-gold-2001-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-3970 I See Hawks in L.A. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:30:47 +0000 http://www.hyperbolium.com/?p=2546#comment-3970 Thanks for the review! Just want to comment on one line. We actually did include Byrd's involvement with the Klan. Here's the lyrics to the second verse: "He burned the cross of Jesus in the West Virginia night The darkness of America blinded his site Baptized in the blood of our nation sin the ghosts of the conquest rise again and again" The song is certainly an anthem to Byrd's more better moment's but we didn't want to neglect the darkness either. The courageous acts he made later in life certainly must be viewed through the lens of Klan, unfortunately. But we see the song, at least partly, as a song of redemption. Thanks for the review! Just want to comment on one line. We actually did include Byrd’s involvement with the Klan. Here’s the lyrics to the second verse:
“He burned the cross of Jesus in the West Virginia night
The darkness of America blinded his site
Baptized in the blood of our nation sin
the ghosts of the conquest rise again and again”

The song is certainly an anthem to Byrd’s more better moment’s but we didn’t want to neglect the darkness either. The courageous acts he made later in life certainly must be viewed through the lens of Klan, unfortunately. But we see the song, at least partly, as a song of redemption.

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